Welcome back to Some Topic, the podcast where two dangerously underqualified individuals tackle an ever-changing buffet of subjects we have no business discussing. This week, we take a high-speed journey through the chaotic history of cocaine — from its sacred beginnings in the Andes to its glitter-dusted reign in Hollywood and Wall Street. It’s a tale of gods, greed, medicine, madness, and marketing — all wrapped in the kind of unhinged humor only this show could survive.

Join our hosts as they unpack the bizarre evolution of a leaf once used to talk to the gods, now fueling disco lights, Freud’s bad ideas, and the occasional Wall Street meltdown. From the divine to the deranged, they explore how society turns sacred medicine into a criminal menace — and then back into marketable nostalgia. Strap in for philosophical nonsense, historical inaccuracy, and entirely too much discussion about which women belong in each “stage” of a coke binge. As always, listener discretion is enthusiastically advised.

🕒 Timestamps:

00:00 – Opening Monologue: Welcome to Some Topic

02:00 – “Brought to You by Our Lord and Savior… Cocaine”

03:20 – Sacred Leaves: The Ancient Roots of Cocaine in the Andes

05:10 – Cultural Heritage or Drug Use? The Moral Line Between Nature and Narcotic

07:40 – Medicine’s Miracle Drug: Freud, Surgeons, and the Cocaine Craze of the 1800s

10:15 – From Wonder Drug to Witch Hunt: Racism, Class, and the Demonization of Cocaine

13:45 – Cocaine Goes Pop: Disco, Wall Street, and the Illusion of Glamour

17:50 – The Cartel Empire: Escobar, Miami, and the Cocaine Cowboy Wars

21:00 – The War on Drugs: CIA Conspiracies and Manufactured Panic

23:40 – Modern Medicine: Could Cocaine Make a Comeback Like Cannabis?

26:00 – Cocaine Trivia Speed Round (and Total Chaos)

28:30 – Closing Monologue: Logic is Seasonal, Facts are Optional

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Welcome back to Some Topic, the only podcast where two caffeinated philosophers accidentally summon ancient gods while trying to talk about meaning. In this episode, Nick and his co-host dive headfirst into cosmic horror, existential dread, and why humanity keeps worshiping things that want us dead. From Lovecraft’s tentacled anxiety monster to meme culture’s unholy transformation of fear into Funko Pops, this one’s a journey from the depths of R’lyeh to the shallows of modern absurdity.

Expect wild tangents, half-accurate history, and philosophical therapy sessions disguised as jokes. The hosts unpack why humans find comfort in chaos, what happens when fiction becomes faith, and whether embracing meaninglessness might actually be the most meaningful act of all. Equal parts comedy and existential meltdown — this is the Some Topic method: laugh, spiral, repeat.

🕒 Timestamps:

00:00 – Opening Monologue: Welcome to the Chaos

01:50 – If an Ancient God Returned: Humanity’s Shrug of Denial

03:30 – Enter Cthulhu: Lord, Enslaver, and Mispronounced Icon

05:00 – Language and the Horror of Understanding

07:30 – Goldilocks Theory, Mythology, and Mrs. Incredible

10:00 – What Gives Life Meaning (and Why That’s a Mistake)

12:30 – Lovecraft’s Racism & The Artist–Monster Paradox

15:00 – Frankenstein Debate: Who Creates Whom?

17:30 – The Cult of Cthulhu: Fiction Becomes Religion

20:00 – Faith, Fiction, and the Death of Real Gods

22:00 – Tentacle Porn and the Collapse of Civilization

25:00 – From Horror to Humor: Cthulhu Becomes a Meme

28:00 – Finding Freedom in Meaninglessness: The Cosmic Takeaway

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Welcome back to Some Topic, the only podcast where two men with Wi-Fi and mild insomnia attempt to out-argue human history itself. In this episode, Nick and his co-host continue their descent into the archives of civilization’s most confusing achievements — from the emotional instability of doors to the existential crisis of the spork.

Part 2 picks up where The History of Sitting, Doors, and the War of the Sporks left off — only now we’ve fallen completely off the ergonomic cliff. Expect heated debates over hinges, emotional support spoons, the forbidden invention of the “baby mop suit,” and the discovery that your laptop stand might secretly be humanity’s final cry for help. There are tangents. There is coffee. There is no logic.

🕒 Timestamps:

00:00 – Previously on Some Topic: The Chair Betrayal Recap

02:00 – Exhibit E: The Door That Needed a Gun — Emotional Architecture 101

06:45 – Hinges: The Unsung Therapists of Modern Privacy

10:20 – The Rotisserie Laptop Stand & The Myth of Productivity

15:55 – Baby Mop Suits: When Innovation Loses Custody of Common Sense

20:30 – Exhibit F: The Spork Strikes Back — Spoon Nationalism & Fork Rebellion

26:00 – The Spoon-Fork Peace Accord That Never Was

31:10 – Are Utensils Just Government Control Devices? (A Conspiracy Briefing)

36:45 – Goofy, NDAs, and The Return of The Mickey Mouse Mafia

42:20 – Exhibit G: The Emotional Door Slam — Reloaded Edition

47:55 – Recap: Doors, Hinges, and Humanity’s War on Functionality

52:10 – Outro: HR Still Missing, Interns Now Podcasting from a Broom Closet

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